Nursery

Our topic this term is Under the Sea. We will be learning how the sea is different to land and will discover which creatures live under the sea. We will encourage the children to ask questions and discuss where we can find more information. Valuable experiences for your child will be to go swimming and talk about how it feels to be in water, and to visit an aquarium or pet store to see real life sea creatures.

Please bring in photographs of your child's experiences to aid their communication. Thank you for the photographs we have already received - they have made a real impact on your child's learning.

Click on the picture below to play an underwater game to support your child with their counting and number recognition:

This week we will read 'The Fish Who Could Wish'. We will support the children to talk about what is special about them and what they would wish for. Click on the picture below to hear the story:

For phonics we follow the Letters and Sounds programme. This term we will focus on rhythm and rhyme by playing games with rhyming pictures and objects. You can help your child by reading them Nursery Rhymes and rhyming stories and encouraging them to fill in the missing rhyming word, i.e. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great......

Click the picture below to help your child with 'at' rhyming words:

Children are also beginning to learn some letter sounds. We focus on the sound that each letter makes and not the letter name. So far, we have learnt sounds s,a,t,p,i,n,m,d,g,o. Click on the link below and go to the 'say the sounds' section to further support your child with how to make the correct sound for each letter. Please ask if you would like any more guidance on phonic teaching and learning.